2. Like a darting sparrow, like a flying swallow,so an undeserved curse never arrives.
3. A whip for a horse, a bridle for a donkey,and a rod for the back of fools.
4. Don’t answer fools according to their folly,or you will become like them yourself.
5. Answer fools according to their folly,or they will deem themselves wise.
6. Sending messages with a foolis like cutting off one’s feet or drinking down violence.
7. As legs dangle from a disabled person,so does a proverb in the mouth of fools.
8. Like tying a stone in a sling,so is giving respect to a fool.
9. Like a thorny bush in the hand of a drunk,so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.